Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major success for caddie Andy Prodger and Open champion Nick Faldo came the second time around . |
| 2 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 3 | But because of his private trainer status Sibton Abbey 's win on Saturday marked the first time Murphy 's name had been credited as trainer of a big race winner . |
| 4 | When he spoke at the exhibition , Vivien stood the whole time , keeping her eyes fixed upon his face . |
| 5 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
| 6 | Estonia left the Soviet time zone and aligned itself chronologically with Finland ; Christmas became a public holiday ; and the republican capital , Tallinn , was given its Estonian name ( with two ns rather than one ) for all-union purposes . |
| 7 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 8 | Bill read the Third time , and passed . |
| 9 | Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other . |
| 10 | Though he recalled once scoring a hat-trick for Toronto Blizzard , Nicholl 's two goals against Dunfermline marked the first time in his senior career that the Irishman had notched a double in top-class football . |
| 11 | In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police . |
| 12 | Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky . |
| 13 | Annette spent the intervening time with her son who had been made as comfortable as possible and she told him that she would stay with him until he went for the operation and would then go home but would return first thing in the morning . |